What is the difference between first hand and hands-on?
For example, which one fits in this context better?
Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience with suspected drug user students.
Working as a teacher, she has first hand experience with suspected drug user students.
difference adjective-phrases
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For example, which one fits in this context better?
Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience with suspected drug user students.
Working as a teacher, she has first hand experience with suspected drug user students.
difference adjective-phrases
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For example, which one fits in this context better?
Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience with suspected drug user students.
Working as a teacher, she has first hand experience with suspected drug user students.
difference adjective-phrases
edited 4 hours ago
J.R.♦
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For example, which one fits in this context better?
Working as a teacher, she has hands-on experience with suspected drug user students.
Working as a teacher, she has first hand experience with suspected drug user students.
difference adjective-phrases
difference adjective-phrases
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J.R.♦
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asked 5 hours ago
user3738870
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edited 4 hours ago
J.R.♦
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"Hands on" means there is/was a physical interaction. You might have hands-on experience baking cookies, for example.
First hand means "directly." For example, a person who directly worked with drug using students as opposed to someone who read a report the first person wrote about their experience. The person who read the report would be said to have "second hand" knowledge.
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But wouldn’t a person with first hand experience likely have hands-on experience as well?
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"Hands on" means there is/was a physical interaction. You might have hands-on experience baking cookies, for example.
First hand means "directly." For example, a person who directly worked with drug using students as opposed to someone who read a report the first person wrote about their experience. The person who read the report would be said to have "second hand" knowledge.
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But wouldn’t a person with first hand experience likely have hands-on experience as well?
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"Hands on" means there is/was a physical interaction. You might have hands-on experience baking cookies, for example.
First hand means "directly." For example, a person who directly worked with drug using students as opposed to someone who read a report the first person wrote about their experience. The person who read the report would be said to have "second hand" knowledge.
answered 5 hours ago
rpeinhardt
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But wouldn’t a person with first hand experience likely have hands-on experience as well?
– J.R.♦
3 hours ago
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"Hands on" means there is/was a physical interaction. You might have hands-on experience baking cookies, for example.
First hand means "directly." For example, a person who directly worked with drug using students as opposed to someone who read a report the first person wrote about their experience. The person who read the report would be said to have "second hand" knowledge.
answered 5 hours ago
rpeinhardt
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"Hands on" means there is/was a physical interaction. You might have hands-on experience baking cookies, for example.
First hand means "directly." For example, a person who directly worked with drug using students as opposed to someone who read a report the first person wrote about their experience. The person who read the report would be said to have "second hand" knowledge.
answered 5 hours ago
rpeinhardt
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answered 5 hours ago
rpeinhardt
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answered 5 hours ago
rpeinhardt
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answered 5 hours ago
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But wouldn’t a person with first hand experience likely have hands-on experience as well?
– J.R.♦
3 hours ago
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But wouldn’t a person with first hand experience likely have hands-on experience as well?
– J.R.♦
3 hours ago
But wouldn’t a person with first hand experience likely have hands-on experience as well?
– J.R.♦
3 hours ago
But wouldn’t a person with first hand experience likely have hands-on experience as well?
– J.R.♦
3 hours ago
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